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The Battle of the Banner Ads

The Battle of the Banner AdsA battle is raging between those who feel Internet users should control their own time online and those trying to wrest that control away. The battlefield is advertising.The Web can be an ideal medium for putting your message out, with its space flexibility and multimedia possibilities. But new developments in […]

May 9, 2001

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MIT to Provide Free Access to Course Materials Via the Internet

MIT to Provide Free Access to Course Materials Via the InternetCAMBRIDGE, Mass.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will spend up to $100 million over 10 years to make course materials from all of its classes freely available on the Internet, the university recently announced. At a time when many universities have begun offering online classes for […]

April 25, 2001

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Huston-Tillotson College Partners with Texas Railroad Commission to Bridge Digital Divide

Huston-Tillotson College Partners with Texas Railroad Commission to Bridge Digital DivideAUSTIN, TexasThe president of historically Black Huston-Tillotson College and the chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission have announced an initiative to deploy digital network technologies to train and employ low-income residents of East Austin. The initiative is known as “Digital Connections: A Railroad Commission/Huston-Tillotson College […]

April 25, 2001

Community Colleges

Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s Impact

Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s ImpactONTARIO, Calif.The effort to solve digital divide issues is forcing the higher education establishment and local communities to re-examine the culture of their schools and quality education as a priority, expert panelists concluded at the TechEd01 conference here. “We’re moving away from worrying about building the infrastructure. (The […]

April 25, 2001

HBCUs

Calling Upon HBCUs to Grow Their Own IT Professionals

Calling Upon HBCUs to Grow Their Own IT Professionals The morning that I saw my 3-year-old grandson, Darrion, walk sleepily down the steps, pull the stool from under the kitchen work desk, climb up and try to open the laptop computer sitting on the desk, I realized (as I ran to catch the falling laptop) […]

March 28, 2001

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Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:How can we measure the true impact of technology on learning and student success?Dr. Samuel M. Hampton Program manager, Executive Leadership Foundation, Technology Transfer ProjectWashingtonWhile the issues in improving technology in higher education are complex, I am most interested in the successful improvement of faculty and instructors’ technology skills. This is critical […]

March 28, 2001

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Instant Messaging for Instant Communications

Instant Messaging for Instant CommunicationsOn the Internet, chat isn’t idle anymore. In approving the $103.5 billion merger between America Online and Time Warner in January, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission stipulated that AOL must allow users of competing programs to communicate with its instant messaging programs when AOL makes high-speed versions available.Instant messaging, or IM, […]

March 28, 2001

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Growth in Service Providers and HighSpeed Access Routes

Growth in Service Providers and HighSpeed Access RoutesBoosts Internet Population in U.S.WASHINGTONThe population of Internet users in the United States increased by 52 percent in 2000, to 68.7 million people, according to a new study released by Telecommunications Reports International (TRI). TRI credits the strong growth to gains in both the paid dial-up Internet service providers […]

March 28, 2001

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EDUCAUSE Expands Online Guide on Evaluating Information Technology

EDUCAUSE Expands Online Guide on Evaluating Information TechnologyWASHINGTONEDUCAUSE, a higher education information technology association, has expanded its “Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus.” Since introduced in the spring of 2000, the online guide has been helping prospective college students and their parents evaluate the technology resources in use by the schools that interest the […]

March 28, 2001

HBCUs

Silicon Valley Under Fire for Weak Minority Recruitment Efforts

Silicon Valley Under Fire for Weak Minority Recruitment EffortsWhen Jeffrey Forbes, a native of New Jersey, chose to attend Stanford University and later the University of California-Berkeley in computer science, he believed their close proximity to Silicon Valley would help enhance his educational experience. “There’s great technology being developed by the companies out there,” says Forbes, […]

March 28, 2001

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AOL Time Warner Playing a Part in Bridging the Technology Gap

AOL Time Warner Playing a Part in Bridging the Technology Gap By Ronald RoachDULLES, Va.hen it comes to digital divide issues, B. Keith Fulton is one of the most recognized authorities in the United States. Fulton first came to prominence as director of technology programs and policy at the National Urban League in the early […]

March 28, 2001

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‘Mercedes Divide’ Comment from New FCC Chair Causes More than a Ripple

‘Mercedes Divide’ Comment from New FCC Chair Causes More than a RippleMost news organizations barely raised their antennas when new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell made his “Mercedes divide” statement to a group of reporters last month when asked about the existence of a “digital divide.” “I think there is a Mercedes divide,” […]

March 28, 2001